Post-trade Alpha Discussion Paper
Post-trade Alpha Discussion Document The recovery from the initial phases of the pandemic dominated management agendas in 2021, as the industry adjusted to what has been widely described as the ‘new-normal’. The adoption of remote and hybrid working practices created momentum around digitalisation agendas, which whilst focussing on new ways of working (rather than transforming […]
Why multi-asset post-trade now?
The diversification of institutional investments into a broader range of asset types over the last couple of decades has been significant and transformative. Buy-side firms have expanded their investment focuses from the more traditional end of the investment spectrum to all kinds of alternatives, including real assets such as commodities, real estate and even crypto […]
The Senior Managers And Certification Regime (SMCR):1 Year On Webinar Recording
On the 9 December 2019, the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR) became applicable to all Financial Services and Markets Act (FSMA) authorised firms; including banks, building societies, asset managers, investment firms, insurers, mortgage providers, consumer credit firms and sole traders. So 1 year on, given the interruptions in 2020 and the FCA enabled ‘3 […]
Solving The Problem Of Reference Data Webinar Recording
Solving the Problem of Reference Data The problem of reference data, in terms of “dirty data”, has been estimated to cost the industry between 15% -25% of its revenue, but improving the quality has posed significant challenges for the industry for decades. Despite investment in new technologies and collaborations across the financial markets. The ability […]
Whatever Happened To Blockchain Webinar Recording
Blockchain and distributed ledger technology came to the fore with the appearance and growth of cryptocurrencies, so whatever happened to blockchain? The narrative that started spreading at some point in 2013 was that blockchain technology should be decoupled from bitcoin, and used for more than exchanging digital currency. Cryptocurrency units could be inscribed with additional […]
Is Your Home The New Office Webinar Recording
Cybersecurity: Is your home the new office? “Working From Home” exposes the security landscape of your organisation: In this session our experts, Jason Harrell, Executive Director, Technology Risk Management, Head of Business and Government Cybersecurity Partnerships, Aman Sood, Chair, ISITC EUROPE Cybersecurity Forum and Michael Cheshire, CX Transformation EMEA, Verizon Enterprise Solutions talk about how COVID-19 has proven […]
Digital Platform Conductor tools – an innovative solution to the complexity crisis
Accelerated digital transformation is driving increasingly complex and distributed digital infrastructures; across on-premises, private cloud and public cloud platforms. The reality is that most organisations find themselves in this ‘hybrid reality’ – and will continue to do so for some time to come. Organisations are investing significant amounts of money into building modern dynamic hybrid […]
ISITC TALKTIME: Getting to grips with resilience in the Cloud
ISITC TalkTime Podcast: Getting to grips with resilience in the Cloud ISITC Europe talks to Alasdair Hodge, Chief Architect at Cloudsoft about getting to grips resilience in the Cloud. This Podcast is a source of important information, for senior professionals, within Capital Markets firms. Enabling them to understand, some of the benefits and uses of […]
Digital Operational Resilience – a blessing in disguise?
Downtime is expensive. The average cost of unplanned application downtime at Tier One financial institutions exceeds $2.5bn every year, according to the IDC. The Operational Resilience of your business depends now more than ever on the availability of your IT systems. Critical systems and the applications which support them need to be available at all times, […]
Death By Cyber Attack Webinar Recording
Death by Cyber Attack Webinar The ability of cyber threats to compromise information systems is an ongoing danger to all organisations, however an emerging threat presents a new challenge, cyber-attacks that may cause physical harm to systems with the potential to kill the business. Financial services are among the most attractive targets for cyber attackers […]